Things looked bleak for Georgetown Saturday night in Pittsburgh as junior Jimmy Saris toed the rubber for the second game of a doubleheader. The Hoyas’ pitchers had been roughed up in the first two games of the series against the Panthers, giving up a combined 26 runs on 34 hits in a 9-2 loss on Friday night and a 17-11 loss Saturday afternoon.

At the beginning of the season, the Big East coaches picked Georgetown to finish last in the conference — four spots out of the league tournament. This weekend, the Hoyas have what may be their last chance to prove the coaches wrong and get back in the race for one of the last Big East tournament bids.

It had been three weeks and eight games since its last Big East victory, but on Sunday, Georgetown finally beat a conference opponent.

After dropping the first two games of its weekend series, Georgetown (14-22, 4-14), who was swept back-to-back series by teams in the bottom half of the Big East, edged top-ranked Cincinnati (22-14, 11-4) 8-5 on Sunday.

Having lost eight of their last nine games entering Wednesday’s game with Navy, the Hoyas were able to right their ship by capsizing the Midshipmen.

Legendary manager Branch Rickey used to say that “baseball is a game of inches,” meaning that attention to the smallest detail is necessary to succeed. A few inches one way or the other could make the difference between winning and losing.

Rickey’s axiom still holds true today, and for Georgetown, the inches are going the wrong way.

Junior Jimmy Saris sent a message to the rest of college baseball Wednesday: He’s back.

Georgetown’s baseball team may want to consult its basketball counterparts for advice on dealing with comeback losses. The basketball team’s season ended after giving away a 17-point lead in the second round of the NCAA tournament, while the baseball team held the lead in all three of its losses this weekend to Villanova.

Leave it to George Washington to rain on Georgetown’s parade.

After extending their season winning streak to three with a 12-3 win Tuesday over Coppin State, the Hoyas’ second-longest winning streak of the year was halted by an 11-4 loss to the Colonials.

Less than a week after being pummeled 25-1 by Notre Dame, Georgetown got a taste of what it’s like to be on the right side of a blowout.

The Hoyas were victorious over the Huskies in their 2008 Big East opener at Shirley Povich Field last Friday afternoon, winning 12-7, but that was just about where the good news ended that weekend. Georgetown fell in extra innings in its next two games to the Huskies on Saturday and Sunday by scores of 2-0 and 9-7.